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Author: Dr Helen Tyzack
newtyzack@gmail.comMy blogsites
- Mainland Discoveries Records of my explorations of landscapes on mainland Australia
- Touching the Tarkine Record of my exploration of Tasmania’s Tarkine wilderness
- Walking the Derwent The record of my walk from the mouth to the source of Tasmania’s Derwent River
Tag Archives: Food Garden
RTBG Food Garden continues
A month ago my world compressed. Notice was given that, due to the COVID virus, volunteering at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) could not continue for its duration. A fortnight ago the RTBG was closed to visitors. All very … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, Capsicum, Eggplant, Feijoa, Food Garden, hazelnut, passionfruit, pumpkin, Quince, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, RTBG, tomatoes
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Green beans from the garden
Last year a couple of scarlet runner bean seeds were ‘lost’ on the ground near the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens Food Garden tool shed. Waste not want not, I decided, and brought them home. The seeds are a pretty pink … Continue reading
No RTBG – but compost is brewing
I recall during one of my first Thursdays at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) in the Food Garden, fellow volunteer A explained to me the processes required for hot composting. I had heard of hot and cold composting but … Continue reading
RTBG – the produce gets picked
First one fellow volunteer sent me an email exclaiming ‘Adam has sent a Patch tomato update…. amazing!’ Then a phone message was left for me from another ‘Did you get Adams photos? All those tomatoes!!!’. Adam is the Coordinator of … Continue reading
Not the RTBG but another garden
One of my fellow volunteers at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) sent me an email yesterday (Thursday) and remarked “ I know I’m not the only one missing our day at The Patch today, so very much.” R continued “I … Continue reading
RTBG The world is now a different place
Unless you were having a long sleep under a log deep in an impenetrable forest, you would be experiencing massive changes to the way you think and what you do each day as a result of the COVID virus impacting … Continue reading
RTBG Thursday 28 February 2020
I knew I had personal jobs to do at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) not just volunteering in the Food Garden: Once there I purchased a tiny tubed Chinese paper bush (Edgeworthia) for a friend (long term blog readers … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, Buffalo grass, Chinese Paper Bush, Edgeworthia, Food Garden, Global Food Security, Golden Marjoram, Gravel, horseradish, Magpie, marjoram, Medicargo, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, RTBG, soil, sunflower seeds, tomatoes, weed
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